Monday, May 20, 2019

Lentil dal soup with spinach

Sauté onion and sweet potato in oil. 
Boil 8 cups water with 4 buillion. Add dill, thyme, marjoram and 4 bay leaves. 
Add 1.5 cups red lentils to pot. Add broth.
Add can of diced fire roasted tomatoes.
Add 1 tsp turmeric. Simmer 15 min until lentils are soft.
Remove bay leaves.
In separate pan, sauté 4 cloves of garlic in 1 TB olive oil until browned.
Add 1 can coconut milk to pot. Add garlic and oil.
Bring back to a simmer then add one whole package of spinach.
Remove from heat and stir in spinach.
Serve with naan. 

Thursday, May 16, 2019

No Sugar No Oil Banana Bread

2 cups (240gm) all-purpose flour
1 cup (120gm) whole wheat pastry flour (can sub all-purpose flour if you don't have pastry flour)
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp salt

Mix in a large bowl.

4 eggs
4 ripe bananas (the more brown they are, the sweeter it will be)
1 cup (240gm) applesauce

Mix with an electric mixer until combined. Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed.

1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins
1 sliced up banana

Mix in raisins, walnuts and banana. Pour into bundt pan sprayed with oil. Bake 40min at 350 degrees. Done when knife inserted comes out clean.